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Java APIs and Related Documentation

• Servlet API
• JavaServer Pages
  • JSP Tag Libraries
    • JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library (JSPTL) Early Release
• JavaBeans
• JDBC API Documentation
• Java2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
• Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS)
• JavaDoc - Doclet.Com
  • Java2HTML
  • How to Write Doc Comments for the Javadoc(TM) Tool
  • DocCheck Utility Package

• HyperText Markup Language (w3c)
  • HTML 4.01 Specification
  • WebReview.com Style Sheet Reference Guide Glossary
  • Apache module mod_include

• Java Tutorials
• Javasoft Mailing Lists
• Java FAQ

• Standard Tag Library for JavaServer Pages
• Java Faces
• JSR Index

Other Standards and APIs

• iCalendar (RFC2445)
• NetScape DevEdge Online JavaScript Guide
• Netscape Javascript Reference Manual
• PSML - Portal Structure Markup Language. 
• RSS DTD
• WAP

Selected RFCs

• Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax
  • Naming and Addressing: URIs, URLs, ...
• Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
  • HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication
  • The Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol
  • HTTP MIME Type Handler Detection
  • The 'text/html' Media Type
  • HTTP Extensions for Distributed Authoring -- WEBDAV
    • WebDAV: IETF Standard for Collaborative Authoring on the Web
• RFC Editor

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Model View Controller

Background 

• MVC meets Swing by Todd Sundsted
• Defining MVC by Robert Leftwich 
• Frameworks save the day - JavaWorld September 2000
• FreeMarker: An open alternative to JSP by Vincent DiBartolo
• JSP/XTP Templates (with Resin) by Scott Ferguson
• Model/View/Controller - WebMacro tutorial 
• MVC and the Sun J2EE Patterns - Mailing list thread.
• Pull vs Push by Jon Stevens
• Surveying the MVC Landscape - Contrasts other frameworks (including Struts) with Barracuda
• Understanding JavaServer Pages Model 2 architecture by Govind Seshadri 
• Web MVC
• Writing a Web Application For WebSphere Application Server by Jeff Hanson 

Frameworks

• Google category
• Wafer Project
• ActionServlet
• Apache Struts 
• Apache Turbine
• BigWig
• Cocoon
• Enhydra Barracuda 
• Expresso
• IBM's Thin-Client Framework (TCF) 
• Jade - Published by IBM. Details are only available through an IBM representative.
• JATO (fka iPlanet Application Framework, now a Sun property)
• Joist
• JOT
• JPublish
• Kona
• Maverick
• Melati
• Niggle
• Novell Application Framework (IBM Websphere for Netware)  
• OpenSymphony
• Ruby (in development)
• Sash Weblications (IBM/Windows)
• Spidertop
• Struts
• SWAF
• Tapestry
• Theseus
• WakeSoft
• Webshell (TCL)
• WebWork

Object-Oriented Application Frameworks

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Data Access / Persistence Frameworks

• Bean factory
• Castor
• Cayenne Object-To-Relational Mapping Framework
• DataBind
• DbForms
• Hibernate
• JDX - J-Database Exchange
• JORM - Homepage
• jRelationalFramework
• ObjectRelationalBridge
• Osage - Persistence Plus XML
• Persistence layer
• Simper
• Torque / Peers
• Village

Scott Ambler's classic whitepapers:

• Mapping Objects to Relational Databases
• The Design of a Robust Persistence Layer For Relational Databases

Java Database Engines

• HyperSonic SQL
• instantDB
• Mckoi
• Ozone

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JavaServer Pages

• JSP FAQ
• Esperanto Group JSP FAQ
• jGuru JSP FAQ
• Sun JSP Mailing List Archive
• JSP Insider
• The JSP Resource Index
• Serverpages
• jGuru Servlet FAQ

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Taglibs

• The Form Tag library
• Jakarta Taglibs
• JSP Tag Libs
• Kobrix  TICL - the Tag Interface Component Library
• Struts Taglibs
• Struts Contributor Taglibs
• UltraDev 4.0 Custom Tag Library Extension - Jakarta Taglibs.
• VirtuasSolutions - JSP Taglib extensions for Dreamweaver

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XML 

• Open Directory Category
• XML.COM
• JDOM
• XMLC
• xmlrpc.helma.org
• SAX Homepage (Megginson Technologies)
  • SAX API
  • XML/SAX Resources

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XSL

• W3C - What is XSL?
• XSL FAQ
• W3C - The Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)

Web Style Sheets

• W3C - Web Style Sheets
• W3C - Cascading Style Sheets
• About the book by Jakob Nielson: 
  Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity

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Content Syndication

Background

• O'Reilly Network RSS DevCenter
• Web Authoring Languages XML RSS - WebReference.com
  • Creating RSS files for your Web site (15) - exploring XML - webreference.com
• Open Directory - Reference Libraries Library and Information Science Technical Services Cataloguing Metadata Resource Description Framework - RDF Applications RSS

Tools and Specifications

• Dublin Core Element Set Version 1.1 - Reference Description
  • RFC 2413 - Dublin Core Metadata for Resource Discovery
• iCalendar - RFC 2445
• Jetspeed (see also Java Portal Servers)
• NewsPeek
• Open Content Syndication
• Rich Site Summary
• Reptile

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Searching Content / Lucene

• The Lucene Search Engine
  • Build your own languages with JavaCC - JavaWorld December 2000
• The Lucene search engine Powerful flexible and free - JavaWorld September 2000
• Powered by Lucene
  • Eyebrowse
  • Jive Forums
  • Web Search

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Template Engines

• Cocoon
• ECS
• Freemarker
• TeaServlet
• Velocity
  • TextPad add-on for Velocity syntax
• WebMacro

• Start up the Velocity Template Engine - JavaWorld Dec 2001
• Getting Up to Speed with Velocity - September 2001
• Take the fast track to text generation - JavaWorld July 2001
• Dot-Com Builder The Velocity Template Engine Release 1.0 - March 2001

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Unit and Stress Testing

• Cactus (formerly J2EEUnit)

• JBlitz

• JUnit

• HttpUnit
• JMeter
• Microsoft Web Stress Tool
• OpenSTA

• JUnit best practices - JavaWorld December 2000
• Does Jtest make the grade - JavaWorld March 2001
• Automating the build and test process

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Workflows

• Business Process Management Initiative
• WebLogic WebFlow
• Webservices Flow Language

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Development Tools

• Eclipse
• EMACS
• IntelliJ IDEA
• jEdit
• jBuilder
• jMeter
• NetBeans
• TextPad
• Visual Age
• Watchdog
• XDoclet

• JavaCC: Java Parsing Made Easy  - Sep 2001

Javascript

• Javascript Toolbox (Matt Kruse)

WebDAV Clients

• DAV Explorer
• SkunkDAV

XML Editors

• Merlot
• XML Cooktop
• XML Writer
• More - http://dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Languages/Java/XML/Text_Editors/

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Application Design

• Exceptional practices Part 1 - Use exceptions effectively in your programs 
  • (Under the Hood) How the Java virtual machine handles exceptions 
• J2EE project dangers!
• iContract Design by Contract in Java
• Bruce Eckel's Thinking in Java 2nd Edition
  • Thinking in Patterns (In Development)
• Refactoring Home Page
• TheServerSide.com
• Craig Larman’s Home Page

JavaWorld Development Tool articles

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Development Methodologies

• The New Methodology by Martin Fowler
• Crystal Methodologies
• Extreme Programming: A Gentle Introduction.
• Manifesto for Agile Software Development
• Scrum - controlChaos.com

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Java Web Servers 

• Jakarta Tomcat
• Caucho Resin

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Java Application Servers

• BEA Weblogic
• Enhydra
• IBM Websphere
• iPlanet
• JBoss
• Orion
• Silver Stream
• Novell

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Java Portal Servers

• Apache Jetspeed
  • Build portals with Jetspeed - JavaWorld July 2001
  • Send Your Enterprise Portal Racing Ahead with Jetspeed
  • Powered by Jetspeed
    • Diverse Books
    • Engineering Queensland
    • XML Modeling
    • Zurban
• IBM WebSphere Portal Server
  • Architecture Whitepaper (PDF)
• iPlanet Portal Server
• Oracle9iAS Portal
• Silverstream ePortal

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LDAP Servers

• http://www.openldap.org/
  • LDAP: Use as Directed
  • Internet RFC 2254 for LDAP

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Java Web Applications and Engines

• Alexandria
• Lucene
• Jetspeed
• Jive (bbs)
• Jyve (faq)
• WebSearch

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Other Resources

• Dmoz Java Directory
• Husted dot Com Java Resources
• jGuru
• JSP Resource Index
• Serverpages
• ServerSide
• Teamup

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Off Topic

[links] Java is dead, but can it be saved.

• http://www.ecma.ch/ecma1/MEMENTO/TC39-G3.HTM
• http://www.ecma.ch/ecma1/NEWS/NEWS.HTM
• http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2002/02/04/mono.html
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23919.html
• http://www.ximian.com/devzone/projects/mono.html
• http://www.gnu.org/projects/dotgnu/
• http://www.halcyonsoft.com/news/javadotnet.asp
• http://www.microsoft.com/partner/products/microsoftnet/SharedSourceCsharpCLIFAQ.asp

[essay] Reply-To Munging Considered Useful

[review] MySQL and PostgreSQL Compared 

[glossary] Software Refactoring

[humor] What about that bike shed?

[humor] Big Ball of Mud

Founding Tomcats

• Costin Manolanche
• Pier Fumagelli
• Pier Fumagelli
• Craig R. McClanahan

Founding Jakarta

• Stefano Mazzocchi 

Rules for Revolutionaries

Internet Wayback Machine

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Freshmeat

• Anfy
• iText - a JAVA-PDF library
• Java(TM) Authentication and Authorization Service
• Jacquard
• jBidWatcher
• JTOpen
• JReporter
•  JWindows
• Maverick
• Mckoi SQL Database
• PureLoad
• SQLConnect
• TableGen
• ViennaSQL
• Xenon-SQL

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Struts Nightly Build (source) 2001-Dec-26 (pre changes for multiple configurations and dynabeans).

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